In this edition of METALOMICS, we investigate what many believe to be the most essential force within economics: value. What is value? Where does it come from? And how does it operate as a nudger and budger of economic activity? We explore the classic, more abstract concepts of value and combine it with a practical commercial understanding - that is to say, the marketing perspective. We hope that by framing value between essential human desire and its use as a driver of market activity, we can corner it, dissect it, and better understand it.

Economics is Metal!

Music: ⁠⁠⁠ Mouth Full of Glass - Cleanse This Earth

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Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

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Flock Safety, with its expanding nodes, represents the most current and potentially dangerous manifestation of mass surveillance we have ever seen. On this episode of METALOMICS, we weigh what it is we are gaining with what we are losing, by staring back into the spying eyes found on a growing number of human haunts.

Economics is Metal!

Music: ⁠ XDanielLarsonX - Plague Walker

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Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

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Other Music:

Hatchet Face - Before the Blast

Your opinion on immigration is lacking nuance. Yeah, we said it. But if you’re reading this, you’re in luck. Because here on the Metalomics Podcast, we are trying to make nuance cool; and looking at immigration through an economic lens is a good place to start. On this episode, we continue our deep dive into the complex phenomena that is immigration, and hope that you, the lucky listener, will leave feeling more informed than ever about this important topic.

Economics is Metal!

Music: Rottenness - Muerto a Los Conquistadores

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Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

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Other Music: Spring Mvt 1 Allegro by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players

You probably have an opinion on immigration; or at least you’ve heard someone else’s. It’s just as likely these opinions appear in their final form, bereft of the logic or details that support them. In this episode, we interrogate the particulars of people’s opinions on immigration, and map where those opinions land on the political spectrum. We hope you’ll join us in questioning how these opinions are formed, and, more importantly, whether or not these opinions really belong to you. Wherever you think you’re at on the issue of immigration, you may reconsider after hearing this episode. We downright encourage it.

Economics is Metal!

Music: Devitalized ⁠ - Signed In Blood

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Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

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So, we are going to own nothing. Who cares!? If giving up my right to hold on to a CD or vinyl or cassette means I get access to the celestial jukebox and the infinite volumes floating inside, what’s the big deal? “Sounds like a fair trade for something as “trivial” as music,” you may say. Well, we at METALOMICS don’t think music is trivial at all. In fact, we believe quite the opposite. But if we had one retort to this straw man argument, it would be this: When it comes to owning nothing, just how much nothing are we willing to own? Join us on today’s episode as we extend our analysis beyond subscription music and conclude this 3-part series by examining the true costs and benefits of serving the newest generation of feudal lords.

Economics is Metal!

Music: The Stygian Complex - Misery Sequence

Follow the Band: The Stygian Complex

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

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If we will indeed own nothing, just how much nothing will we own? We’re going to follow the numbers to find out how deep the rabbit hole goes. And we will use some standard economic tools as our guide along the way. On this episode of METALOMICS, we apply basic economic theories to the subscription music economy. We ask, what kind of market is this? Monopoly? Competitive? Where do we find elasticity at play? How productive is this market? In part two of this 3-part series, we get straight to the heart to see what economic beats are bumping inside the subscription music economy.

Economics is Metal!

Music: ⁠⁠⁠ Ghostframe - Astral Spiders Of Our Infinite Consciousness

Follow the Band: Ghostframe

Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

Producer: David Ingram

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Are you a subscriber? What do you subscribe to? Magazines? Newspapers? Milk? These dated references make one thing clear: The subscription model has been around for awhile. On this episode of The Metalomics Podcast, we zoom in on the music subscription economy to broaden our understanding of the underlying structures, operations, and technical aspects that put music in minds and profits in pockets. This is the first leg of a 3-part journey. So grab your stuff, climb aboard, and let’s see if by the time we’ve reached our destination we know what it means to eventually own nothing.

Economics is Metal!

Music: ⁠ Grafted - With Blood Shot Eyes

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Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

Producer: David Ingram

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Does your band have a van? A bus? An 84 Oldsmobile? Our guess is yes. In which case, you’re hurting right now. And we don’t mean from banging your head. We’re talking about the pain at the pump. You don’t need to imagine what it’s like, about to head to a show, looking at the numbers going up and up on unleaded gasoline and wondering to yourself, “Why the f@&$ is this so expensive?!”

On this episode of METALOMICS, we try to answer that question. We’re digging deep on oil. What is it, why do we rely on foreign countries for it despite pumping plenty of it right here in the U.S., and why does literally everything else get more expensive when the price of oil goes up? If you think elasticity, supply and demand, and inflation are heavy concepts, then this is an episode you don’t wanna miss.

Economics is Metal!

Music: Eyesawgod - 2:42

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Hosts: Josh Goddard & David Ingram

Producer: David Ingram

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